December 14 in History

Historical Events on December 14

1814 War of 1812: The Royal Navy seizes control of Lake Borgne, Louisiana.

1819 Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state.

1941 World War II: Japan signs a treaty of alliance with Thailand.

1955 Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Ceylon, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania and Spain join the United Nations through United Nations Security Council Resolution 109.

1962 NASA's Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Venus.

1964 American Civil Rights Movement: Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Congress can use the Constitution's Commerce Clause to fight discrimination.

2003 Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf narrowly escapes an assassination attempt.

2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: Twenty-eight people, including the gunman, are killed in Sandy Hook, Connecticut.

2013 A reported coup attempt in South Sudan leads to continued fighting and hundreds of casualties.

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Famous Birthdays on December 14

1901 Henri Cochet

1947 Dilma Rousseff

1960 James Comey

1979 Michael Owen

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Famous Deaths on December 14

1799 George Washington

1943 John Harvey Kellogg

1947 Stanley Baldwin

1989 Andrei Sakharov

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